# Judith Simmer-Brown

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'''Judith Simmer-Brown''' is a Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies Emerita at [Naropa University](/source/Naropa_University). She has expertise in [Tibetan Buddhism](/source/Tibetan_Buddhism), Women and Buddhism, Buddhist-Christian dialogue, Western Buddhism and Contemplative Education. She is an [acharya](/source/acharya) &mdash; a senior Buddhist teacher &mdash; in the [Shambhala Buddhist](/source/Shambhala_Buddhist) tradition and was a senior student of [Chögyam Trungpa](/source/Ch%C3%B6gyam_Trungpa) Rinpoche.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shambhala.org/teachers/acharyas/Judith-Simmer-Brown-dean-of-teachers-academy/ |title=Judith Simmer-Brown, Dean of Teachers Academy - Shambhala |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-date=9 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109202914/http://shambhala.org/teachers/acharyas/Judith-Simmer-Brown-dean-of-teachers-academy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>  She serves on the board of the Society of Buddhist-Christian Studies, and is on the steering committee of the Contemplative Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion.  Previously she was a member of the Lilly Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Midal|editor-first=Fabrice|date=2005|title=Recalling Chögyam Trungpa|isbn=1-59030-207-9|page=480}}</ref>

== Life==
She was raised as a minister's daughter in [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska), and graduated from [Cornell College](/source/Cornell_College) in Iowa (BA History and Religion); [Florida State University](/source/Florida_State_University) (MA Religious Studies); and [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) Religious Studies, ABD.  After studying at [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) in Buddhist Studies, she received her PhD from [Walden University](/source/Walden_University).  Previously, she taught at [Bensalem College](/source/Bensalem_College) and at [Fordham University](/source/Fordham_University), [Western Washington University](/source/Western_Washington_University), [Fairhaven College](/source/Fairhaven_College), and [Whatcom Community College](/source/Whatcom_Community_College).  In 1980, she married Richard Brown and has two children and three grandchildren.

== Writings ==
* Simmer-Brown, Judith and Fran Grace (2011). ''Meditation and the Classroom: Contemplative Pedagogy for Religious Studies.'' SUNY Press. {{ISBN|1438437889}} 
* Simmer-Brown, Judith (2001). ''Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism''. Shambhala Publications. {{ISBN|1-57062-720-7}}  Also published in Spanish, French, Dutch, and Polish translations.
* Simmer-Brown, Judith (1999).  "Commitment and Openness:  A Contemplative Approach to Pluralism," ''in The Heart of Learning:  Spirituality and Education'', edited by Steven Glazer.  New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc.
* Simmer-Brown, Judith (2000).  "A Buddhist Approach to Pluralism:  The Dialogue Relationship''," Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars,'' edited by Roger Jackson and John Makransky.  Honolulu: Curzon Press.
* Simmer-Brown, Judith (2006). “The Prospects for a Bhikṣunī Saṅgha in Tibetan Buddhism,” in ''Buddhist Studies from India to America:  Essays in Honor of Charles S. Prebish'', edited by Damien Keown.  New York and London:  RoutledgeCurzon, 2006.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101225140958/http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/author/judithsimmerbrown/ Audio Interview Series] on ''Buddhist Geeks''

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